Sad day for Blue Heron Bridge

[uncfnp]

I suspect there are quite a few of us who used to travel there specifically to dive BHB whose tourist dollars will be missed.

Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water just yet. I hesitate to say it out loud but I believe that Blue Heron Bridge is resilient and while I deplore the actions of Moody Gardens I expect BHB to remain a muck diving mecca and hopefully with more protections from a repeat of this diaster in the very near future.

 

[dirtfarmer]

I suspect there are quite a few of us who used to travel there specifically to dive BHB whose tourist dollars will be missed.

I'm going on the Shearwater on a Tiger/Hammer trip and still will be staying a couple of days after to dive BHB. I'm a muck diving enthusiast and wouldn't miss to dive the Lembeh of Florida.

 

[Lorenzoid]

Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water just yet. I hesitate to say it out loud but I believe that Blue Heron Bridge is resilient and while I deplore the actions of Moody Gardens I expect BHB to remain a muck diving mecca and hopefully with more protections from a repeat of this diaster in the very near future.

I didn't mean I am permanently boycotting BHB. I meant I won't be spending my money in the area for the time being--that is, until divers are reporting that the marine life has returned to the abundance and diversity we were familiar with (or better, if BHB gains protected status). Unless something beyond this one incident changes, there is no reason to expect that Mother Nature will not repair the damage. So far, the reports are encouraging but not clear whether it is really back to what we had come to expect. The question is when it will have fully recovered. Six months? A year? More? Still a lot of tourist dollars lost, I think.

 

[lowviz]

The question is when it will have fully recovered. Six months? A year? More? Still a lot of tourist dollars lost, I think.

Lost me. I'm coming from Delaware. I'm good with compromised viz but no chance of me spending money unless the place is restored to its former diversity and I have assurances that a bunch of greedy, lazy, dumbasses can't raid the place on my way south.

I can wait.

 

[The Chairman]

It would be a good thing for lots of people to stay away from the Bridge. Parking is hard to find.

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[ScubaJCBS]

Have you dove it lately @The Chairman? If so any reports on marine life conditions?

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

It would be a good thing for lots of people to stay away from the Bridge. Parking is hard to find.

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you are so right! More people need to boycott the bridge! Stay away! Parking sucks. You have to walk a long ways with your gear on. Sometimes you have to park on Singer Island and walk back. Sea life is just meh at best! Nothing to see. Just move along.

 

[uncfnp]

Updates...

From the BHB Conservation page and Jeff Nelson...

The new FWC proposal...

http://myfwc.com/media/4523948/5b-d...HRhbbxwqz1QqUkyLjitulwcY2JCuXBshTVA4lQQDlBrtU

 

[kelemvor]

Thanks for the update!

 

[uncfnp]

More info. The proposed ban has been accepted and the protected area actually extended during yesterday’s meeting. The final vote will take place during the meeting in February.

Ban on taking fish from Blue Heron, park gets initial OK